Iain Duncan Smith MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Audiology: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to move toward patient self-referral for community audiology services as a default pathway in (a) Chingford and Woodford Green constituency and (b) England.
Answer: Community audiology services are commissioned by integrated care boards. The priorities and operational planning guidance states that systems are expected to put in place self-referral routes to community audiology services. This was reiterated in the Del...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that community-based glaucoma (a) monitoring, (b) referral and (c) refinement services are made available to patients in (i) Chingford and Woodford Green constitue
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services in their local areas to meet patient need, and this will include services to meet the needs of patients with glaucoma.The North East London ICB has con...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September to Question 4582 on Whipps Cross Hospital, whether his Department has considered a request for the remaining funding for Whipps Cross Hospital.
Answer: £1.2 million has recently been released to Barts Health NHS Trust to support them in continuing the development of their Outline Business Case for the new Whipps Cross Hospital during the review into the New Hospital Programme (NHP). While the review is t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September to Question 3677 on Whipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance, whether he plans to provide £2.5 million in funding to complete the Outline Business Case.
Answer: As stated in the answer of 9 September 2024 to question 3677, £1.2 million has recently been released to the Barts Health NHS Trust to support them in continuing the development of their Outline Business Case for the new Whipps Cross Hospital.We are conti...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the Whipps Cross Hospital redevelopment programme.
Answer: We are reviewing the New Hospital Programme to put it on a sustainable footing, including a realistic timetable for delivery and clarity on the funding required. The review will be completed as soon as possible this autumn. Once concluded, Parliament will...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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